Mexican president confident Congress will ban planting GM corn in 2025

22/12/2024 6:27

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expects Congress to approve a ban early next year on planting genetically modified corn in the country, she said on Saturday.



Sheinbaum's announcement comes a day after a trade-dispute panel ruled Mexico's restrictions on U.S. exports of GM corn violate the USMCA trade agreement.



"With the help of Mexico's Congress, we are going to reverse this resolution because very soon, in February, they are going to legislate, I am sure, that you can't plant genetically modified corn," Sheinbaum said at a public event. Mexico's Congress is dominated by the ruling party.



"We must protect Mexico's biodiversity in our country ... without corn there is no country."



Such a ban may increase Mexican supplies of non-GM corn but not prevent imports of GM varieties, however.